The blog might be quiet for a few days. Tax Research LLP is moving today. The hope is that BT will get broadband on at the new office as soon as possible. But we’ll have to see. They say it can take 15 days…………and we only exchanged contracts on Tuesday. I’ll be back as soon Read the Rest…

Any writer likes to be read. It goes with the patch. So I can’t help but say that it’s been good to note that the last two days have been the busiest in the life of this blog. What’s got people going? Well, inheritance tax is always a sure fire winner, but that’s not number Read the Rest…

I’ve been in discussion with several people about my post on the Joseph Rowntree’s flat tax report, and have been challenged to say what I would have done if them. That is relatively easy to do. Their work recognises something I, and all serious researchers in this area know – which is that the highest Read the Rest…

I gather PWC are promoting their ‘Total Tax Contribution’ framework in Germany and elsewhere. Let me be honest about what I think about this ‘framework’. I give full marks to John Whiting at PWC UK for trying to do something about tax and CSR. It marks him out from the crowd. And I suspect John Read the Rest…

This article is worth reading. I don’t know the author. I strongly sympathise with his sentiments. They are pertinent in the UK at the moment when tax advisors are being accused by HM Revenue & Customs of regularly abusing charity law for the benefit of their clients, and not others. Offshore, charity law is abused Read the Rest…

Stephen Byers wrote an article attacking inheritance tax for the Sunday Telegraph this week. Byrers, you might recall is one of Tony Blairs’ Cabinet failures, but is still close to No. 10. He brought out all the usual wrong arguments on Inheritance Tax that the right love, such as it being double taxation. I won’t Read the Rest…

Professional bodies are unusual, at least in English law. They require a Privy Council charter to entitle them to operate. The ICAEW’s charter was granted in 1880. It’s latest summary of that charter says: The ICAEW operates under a Royal Charter, working in the public interest. Its primary objectives are to educate and train Chartered Read the Rest…

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation have brought out a report on flat tax. The right wing of British politics are rubbing their hands with glee. And I’m not surprised. Despite some input from the Institute of Fiscal Studies this is a pretty poor piece of work. Just three references are cited other than the IFS data Read the Rest…